Category: 1. Palestine

Nathan Ordaz’s second-half goal was enough for Los Angeles FC to prevail against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami in their first-leg quarterfinal matchup.

Los Angeles FC (LAFC) sent Lionel Messi and Inter Miami spinning to their first defeat of the season, scoring an upset 1-0 victory in their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal first-leg clash.

A 57th-minute strike from Los Angeles-born El Salvador international Nathan Ordaz handed LAFC a precious advantage heading into next week’s return…

Quetta, Pakistan — On the cold morning of March 11, Saad Qamar wore his white and blue uniform, said goodbye to his parents and left his home at 7:30am (06:30 GMT) for the Pakistan Railways loco-shed half a kilometre away.

The 31-year-old assistant train driver signed a duty form before examining the engine he was going to attach to the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express for its journey of 1,600km (994 miles) from Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta to Peshawar in the northwestern…

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing what experts say is the biggest threat to his rule yet as a succession battle erupts ahead of general elections scheduled for 2028.

Recent manoeuvrings by the president and his supporters to extend his rule to 2030 have led to calls and protests from within his party for the president to step down or be forced to do so. The upheavals have seen the dismissal of top security officials, a move experts say Mnangagwa is taking to avoid being…

These are the key events on day 1,134 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

These are the key events from Wednesday, April 2:

Fighting

• One person was killed and two others injured in a Russian overnight attack on southeast Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, Regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
• A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih killed at least four people and injured 14 others, including two children, Ukrainian authorities said.
• An infant, a seven-year-old boy and six others…

United States President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-anticipated “reciprocal tariffs”, in a move that is expected to shake up global trade relations.

On Wednesday, Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden, where the colonnades had been decorated with large US flags, to sign executive orders authorising the tariffs.

He framed the tax hikes on foreign imports as a blow against unfair trade practices, painting a portrait of the US as a country exploited even by its closest…

Daraa (Quds News Network)- Heavy fighting broke out between Israeli forces and local residents in the Hauran region of Daraa countryside, southern Syria. The clashes erupted during an invasion of Israeli forces into the Syrian territory.

In the same vein, the Syrian news agency (SANA) reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted the area around the Scientific Research Building in the Barzeh neighborhood of Damascus on Wednesday. The attack also targeted Hama Military Airport.

Israeli…

Judge ruled that the case could not be revived, condemning what he described as an apparent quid pro quo arrangement.

A United States federal judge has permanently dismissed corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, even as he criticised the Trump administration’s argument that the case should be dropped because it was hindering the Democratic politician’s help with an immigration crackdown.

The Justice Department’s request in February that the case be dismissed because…

Barcelona will face Real Madrid in an El Clasico final in Spain’s Copa del Rey after 5-4 aggregate defeat of Atletico.

Barcelona won 1-0 at Atletico Madrid to reach its first Copa del Rey final in four seasons, setting up a “Clasico” against Real Madrid.

Ferran Torres scored a first-half winner on Wednesday for the Catalan club, which advanced 5-4 on aggregate after a 4-4 draw in the first leg in Barcelona in February.

Madrid eliminated Real Sociedad in extra time on Tuesday, also…

Diogo Jota scored the only goal of the game in a heated Merseyside derby to restore Liverpool’s 12-point lead at the top of the table.

Liverpool continued their march towards the Premier League title with a 1-0 victory over Everton in a scrappy but feisty Merseyside derby as Diogo Jota slotted home the winner in the second half.

The champions elect, with 73 points after 30 games, restored their 12-point lead over second-placed Arsenal on Wednesday while Everton, whose nine-game league…